Tyson Fury meets ex-world champion Mike Tyson – the boxer he was named after
TYSON Fury has met the ex-world boxing champ he was named after.
The British heavyweight, 31, sat down for a chat in London with Mike Tyson, 53.
Self-styled “Gypsy King” Fury put the snap online and said: “When past meets present.”
Fury was three months premature and weighed just 1lb when he was born in 1988.
But his dad named him after the heavyweight champ at the time.
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The duo, who first met in 2016, got together for the fearsome US legend’s podcast.
Fan Geraint Goodridge wrote online: “A great photo of two very tough men.”
Bruce Pratt replied: “But who wins?”
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